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andao101

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[Recipe] Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
« on: August 16, 2012, 01:28:22 pm »
Ingredients
 
2 cups plus 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
 
2 teaspoons baking powder
 
1 teaspoon salt
 
3 cups fresh blueberries
 
1/2 cup sour cream
 
1/2 cup whole milk
 
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
 
3/4 teaspoon pure lemon extract
 
1 teaspoon lemon zest
 
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
 
1 1/2 cups white sugar
 
4 large eggs
 
Method
 
Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare muffin tin with cupcake papers.  Sift dry ingredients into medium bowl. Transfer 1 tablespoon flour mixture to larger bowl. Add fresh blueberries and toss to coat them with flour. Set remaining flour mixture and blueberries aside.
 
Stir whole milk, sour cream, vanilla extract, lemon extract and lemon zest in small bowl. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar, until pale yellow and very fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, until well combined. Mix in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture, starting and ending with flour mixture. Stir until just combined. Gently fold in blueberries. Divide batter equally among cupcake cups.
 
Bake cakes until toothpick inserted into center of a couple cupcakes comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in pans on racks for about 10 minutes, then put onto racks until completely cool. Makes 24-26 cupcakes.
 
Adapted from: Not So Humble Pie
 
Update: If you would like your cupcakes generously filled double this recipe.

Lemon Curd
 1/2 cup unsalted butter
 1/2 cup lemon juice
 zest of one large lemon ( I used 2)
 3/4 cup granulated sugar
 1 teaspoon cornstarch
 pinch of salt
 6 large egg yolks
 
Melt the butter in a medium sauce pan over medium-low heat.  Remove from heat and add the lemon juice and zest.
 
Mix together the sugar, salt and cornstarch and add it to the pan.  Whisk in the egg yolks until smooth and return to heat. Cook over medium-low heat for roughly 10 minutes until the mixture has thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Do not allow the mixture to boil.
 
Once thickened, strain the mixture though a fine mesh strainer into a large bowl. Allow to chill in the refrigerator completely before using.
 
Lemon Mascarpone Frosting:
 
adapted from: Not So Humble Pie
 
Lemon Mascarpone Cream Frosting
 
1 pound mascarpone cheese
 2/3 cup lemon curd
 2 cups heavy cream
 7Tb sugar
 
Beat the sugar and cream to soft peaks in your mixer.
 
Combine the mascarpone and lemon curd in a separate bowl and mix. Add the cream to the mascarpone mixture. Gently fold to combine, take your time and be gentle. If the mixture is overworked it can separate or look grainy. To fix this add several tablespoons of heavy cream and mix with the spatula until smooth again.
 
Assembly: First measure out the 2/3 cup of lemon curd for the frosting and set aside. After the cupcakes are finished cooling, cut a cone shape out of the middle and remove the tops and put a tablespoon or so of lemon curd in the whole. Then place the tops back on (you may have to trim the cone a bit to get it to fit). I piped on the frosting with a large star tip but you could put it on however you like. Garnish with a washed and dried blueberry and yellow jimmys.

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Re: [Recipe] Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 01:58:25 pm »
They sound delicious....I have already saved the recipe and will be trying them soon..!!

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Re: [Recipe] Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 02:22:02 pm »
Those sound great when its not over 100 degrees here I will have to try them thanks for passing the recipe along :)

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Re: [Recipe] Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 02:59:35 pm »
It sounds delicious but what is lemon zest?  I hate to sound stupid and I have heard of it but I don't know what it is.

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Re: [Recipe] Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2012, 03:17:23 pm »
 Oh those cupcakes sound yummy..I think I will try making them..Thanks for sharing this..

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Re: [Recipe] Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2012, 04:44:50 pm »
ti sound so good why don't u gome to my  house and make it .I live in Gaston Oregon

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